i really really want sidney poiters jacket in this.Honestly.found this whole movie so beautiful sucha quick watch but so good the end scene was so beautifully executed but the nuns and sidney will probably be thinking about that song for the next 5 years.

i really really want sidney poiters jacket in this.Honestly.found this whole movie so beautiful sucha quick watch but so good the end scene was so beautifully executed but the nuns and sidney will probably be thinking about that song for the next 5 years.

Oh my goodness! The Sidney Poitier starring Lilies of the Field just caught me completely off guard by becoming one of my new favorite movies. It’s similar to another favorite of mine in Yim Soon-rye’s Little Forest in the simpler story conception but every single beat of that story is executed so perfectly that I don’t have a single note or thing I’d change. Poitier’s lead can’t be understated and carried a definite majority of the movie’s soul, there’s no doubt in my mind it’s one of the most impressive Best Actor wins even outside of its historical significance and seeing his brilliance here only makes me more happy that the role to finally make the history this did was as amazing as it was. Next to him I also thought we got some great supporting performances, all of the sisters were so fun and kept a smile on my face every second they were on screen and Lilia Skala’s Oscar nominated performance was truly fantastic and worked as a great screen-pair with Poitier. Next up I have to get to the technical work because Jerry Goldsmith delivered one of my new favorite scores of all time here, it has a modern feel while also resembling the epic orchestral scores of the dramas coming out in the decades before this which as a big fan of those worked like a charm on me. It’s also shot and edited very nicely with Goldsmith’s gorgeous score, they doesn’t have to do anything revolutionary here but there’s still plenty of prettily composed shots and the editing was clean and let these performances and scenes breathe just as much as I wanted. I threw this on today looking for some nice morning vibes in a simple nun drama but I was instead blasted with one of my new favorite stories, scripts, scores, and leads in the history of filmmaking, Lilies of the Field is the absolute pinnacle of nun cinema and I’m already looking forward to the dozen+ rewatches I’m sure to give this through the rest of my life.

Oh my goodness! The Sidney Poitier starring Lilies of the Field just caught me completely off guard by becoming one of my new favorite movies. It’s similar to another favorite of mine in Yim Soon-rye’s Little Forest in the simpler story conception but every single beat of that story is executed so perfectly that I don’t have a single note or thing I’d change. Poitier’s lead can’t be understated and carried a definite majority of the movie’s soul, there’s no doubt in my mind it’s one of the most impressive Best Actor wins even outside of its historical significance and seeing his brilliance here only makes me more happy that the role to finally make the history this did was as amazing as it was. Next to him I also thought we got some great supporting performances, all of the sisters were so fun and kept a smile on my face every second they were on screen and Lilia Skala’s Oscar nominated performance was truly fantastic and worked as a great screen-pair with Poitier. Next up I have to get to the technical work because Jerry Goldsmith delivered one of my new favorite scores of all time here, it has a modern feel while also resembling the epic orchestral scores of the dramas coming out in the decades before this which as a big fan of those worked like a charm on me. It’s also shot and edited very nicely with Goldsmith’s gorgeous score, they doesn’t have to do anything revolutionary here but there’s still plenty of prettily composed shots and the editing was clean and let these performances and scenes breathe just as much as I wanted. I threw this on today looking for some nice morning vibes in a simple nun drama but I was instead blasted with one of my new favorite stories, scripts, scores, and leads in the history of filmmaking, Lilies of the Field is the absolute pinnacle of nun cinema and I’m already looking forward to the dozen+ rewatches I’m sure to give this through the rest of my life.

The “Amen” scene was so wholesome, it put a big smile on my face.

The “Amen” scene was so wholesome, it put a big smile on my face.

A rather simple film about religion and communitt. It is nice and fairly sweet, specially for the time.
Truth is, as a lot of people point out, Sidney Poitier's perfomance is the only reason why this, otherwise mediocre, movie is even remembered.

A rather simple film about religion and communitt. It is nice and fairly sweet, specially for the time.
Truth is, as a lot of people point out, Sidney Poitier's perfomance is the only reason why this, otherwise mediocre, movie is even remembered.

This is the movie that got Sidney Poitier the Oscar for best actor, first black man to do so. That’s weird because this movie is not thematically impressive and his performance is wonderful but it’s not outstanding. maybe it’s a contextual thing for the early sixties, but this was a wholesome movie with a good message

This is the movie that got Sidney Poitier the Oscar for best actor, first black man to do so. That’s weird because this movie is not thematically impressive and his performance is wonderful but it’s not outstanding. maybe it’s a contextual thing for the early sixties, but this was a wholesome movie with a good message